MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS

Official's records stolen in city financial flap From Chicago Tribune wires. Dateline - EDGERTON, Wis. - Records were stolen from the office of the city's finance director over the weekend, police said. The documents apparently pertained to city financial matters that were called into question last month. Detective Barry Irmen said no other items were reported missing in City Hall, and there was no sign of forced entry into the building. But the door to the office of Finance Director Ryan Scott appeared to have been pried open, Irmen said. Scott discovered papers and audio tapes of city meetings missing from his office Monday morning, Irmen said. "(The burglar) could be someone with a key, but that has not been determined," Irmen said. During a press conference in May, Scott said Edgerton taxpayers were "snowed" on the financing of a city swimming pool complex. Interest from city investments had been applied to pool payments, which is not illegal. However, taxpayers had to make up that revenue for general expenses. Copyright Chicago Tribune Co. Jun 9, 1993

Press releases verifying felony charges against Ryan while a finance officer in Edgerton (The second article points out that Ryan’s office was the ONLY office “broken into”. There was no sign of forced entry at the main door however, so the perpetrator had a key. Presumably the perpetrator would also have a key to inside offices. If the intent was merely to steal documents to hide evidence, a key would have been used. If the intent was to make the occupier of the office look innocent, a break-in would have been staged.)

Profession of faith into the Catholic Church 6/97	Document pertaining to Ryan no longer being affiliated with the American Catholic Church due to alleged charges against him with his ministry at Julian	One of several testimonial letters about Ryan. (Also see “Letter of Discernment” in link on home page.)
	A letter from the attorney hired by one of Ryan’s followers to oversee her finances. (This attorney was first an acquaintance of Ryan.)This letter, sent only to Ryan, instructs him on how to gather letters verifying her mental state before signing over Power of Attorney to Ryan. With this letter, Ryan now has the format to obtain Power of Attorney for ANYONE!
A warning letter about Ryan from the Chancellor of the LaCrosse Diocese. This letter is dated merely one year after his three year probationary period for the felony charges in Edgerton would have ended. (The dates in this letter and its contents warrant serious consideration)	Another letter of warning by the Diocese of LaCrosse about Ryan.	A letter signed by Bishop Burke (now Archbishop) warning about Ryan.

Lawyer Charged With Felony Theft From Client

He Alleges The Attorney Squandered Money From His Late Mother's Estate While He Was In Prison.

Wisconsin State Journal :: LOCAL/WISCONSIN :: B1

Friday, February 25, 2005
Ed Treleven Wisconsin State Journal

When Jim Reinke's mother died in 1997, he turned to his criminal defense attorney, Jeffrey Knickmeier, for help managing her estate.

What ended up happening to more than $45,700 that Reinke entrusted to Knickmeier led to a lawsuit, the revocation of Knickmeier's law license and, on Thursday, a felony theft charge against him.

Knickmeier, 50, of McFarland, was charged Thursday with using the money to buy a $10,000 motorcycle and other items -- purchases that Reinke told investigators caused the entire $45,785 to disappear in just months.

Reached Thursday at his home, Knickmeier said he was hearing about the charge for the first time.

"I have no comment at this time," he said.

Reinke said the charge came as a surprise to him when he learned of it Wednesday.

"He portrayed himself as my friend and at one point he was," said Reinke, who was released from prison in August and now lives in Sauk City. "But I think the money got the best of him. He had me safely tucked away in prison."

Reinke's mother, Eva Bumgardner, 68, died in March 1997. In March 1999, according to a criminal complaint, Reinke gave Knickmeier a check for $45,785 for part of his mother's estate, which was deposited into an attorney trust account. By agreement, Knickmeier was to give Reinke a monthly accounting of the funds. During much of this period, according to court records from a related civil lawsuit and disciplinary hearings against Knickmeier, Reinke was in prison for various crimes.

Knickmeier would later tell investigators from the state Office of Lawyer Regulation that by keeping the money for Reinke, he was altruistically keeping Reinke from wasting his money by partying it away.

But the regulation office, investigating a professional conduct complaint filed by Reinke against Knickmeier, learned that he had spent the money by June 1999 without providing Reinke any accounting until after Reinke's Office of Lawyer Regulation complaint was filed in September 2000.

In that accounting, according to the criminal complaint, Knickmeier had labeled many of the withdrawals from the account as being for either legal fees owed to him or bills he paid on Reinke's behalf.

But among the items not labeled was $10,800 for a Harley-Davidson motorcycle and accessories and other withdrawals that bought Badgers and Packers football tickets, the complaint states.

Knickmeier told the regulation office that he and Reinke had agreed together to buy the motorcycle, which Knickmeier later sold without reimbursing Reinke, the complaint states. Court records also indicate that Knickmeier had "borrowed" some of Reinke's money to buy a Cessna airplane.

"What bothers me the most is that he tried to justify it by saying they were investments," Reinke said Thursday.

Ruling on a 2002 lawsuit in the matter, Dane County Circuit Judge John Albert ordered Knickmeier to repay Reinke $29,726. In addition, he ordered Knickmeier to pay $10,000 in punitive damages.

Knickmeier's law license was suspended in 2001 and revoked last summer by the state Supreme Court, which also ordered Knickmeier to pay $27,085 to repay the cost of disciplining him.

http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=wsj:2005:02:25:404962:LOCAL/WISCONSIN

A recent article about Ryan’s attorney, Jeffrey Knickmeier, who Ryan referred to in the Chicago Tribune article Feb. 2/6/2005. Ryan claims this same attorney has “records to prove his priesthood” but the attorney claims the paperwork is “not readily retrievable”.

Actual Documents of Ryan’s Marriage and Divorce (a.k.a. Randall Dean Stocks)

Ryan’s divorce papers	Divorce papers continued	Divorce papers continued
Ryan’s application for marriage license. (Ryan has stated he was adopted so it is unclear which parents are listed on this form. It is known that he has brought his birth mother “Roberta” back into his life and at least one of his followers have met her.)	Ryan’s actual marriage license from the state of Illinois.

One of Ryan’s Resumes (?)

A copy of a 4 page resume supposedly written by Ryan. (We make no verification as to this résumé’s authenticity. However, it has been verified from his last employer listed that he indeed worked for Kikiacla Land Co. and was terminated. Additionally, it was revealed from an additional/outside source that Ryan was terminated for embezzling $10,000 from this company. Charges were not filed because Ryan agreed to pay back the embezzled funds. It is also noteworthy to review the education Ryan claims he received and the corresponding dates. Although the birth date has been changed, after reviewing current photos, sources at the Kikiacla Land Co. verified that this is indeed the same “Ryan”.)